Hi, my name is Tianzi Yuan (Lena), I'm from Canton, China. I came to US at 2012. I've been switch to UI/UX design filed since 2013 and my previous background is Landscape Architecture. Even though I learn web & app design not a long time, I love it much more than Landscape Architecture. It's more interesting, creative and developing. I'm interning as a UI/UX designer at a mobile app company.
I love clean, modern and flat design. I'd love to browse new and beautiful designs at pinterest.com every day. I get a lot ideas and styles from it. I also like front-end programming. I think everything in this field is so interesting and attractant.
Wordle
20 Questions
1. How do you think of UI & UX design?
2. Which do you think comes first to attract users? 3. How do you think the connecting between marketing, UI design, UX design and programming? 4. How do you think of the video "croning a day make of glasses"? 5. Can a designer also do programming? 6. How do you create your design? 7. What's Cloud Computing? 8. Which of Goole's products get most users? 9. Is there any websites to find reference of UX design? Such as pinterest.com for UI design. 10. How do you fix or improve your UX design? 11. Why UI and UX design always connect together? 12. There is thousands of fonts, how can a designer find a good fonts? 13. Do you usually use the fonts you are familiar with? 14. Is there any color matching guideline? 15. How do you design colors at your project?
16. Why every browsers has some display differences, how can a programmer face to that?
17. Do you think all of our personal information and data will compose to one card or app in the future? Do you look forward or scare it?
18. Where do you get the newest high-tech information?
19. Have you ever bought credits or points online? Do you think that's kind of make money without permission ?
20. Which app do you use most and which do you think has the best interface and design?
My Favorite TEDs
Thesis Ideas
Creative brief
Today, a fun and intellective assistant app, it has three functions, first it will remind about bad weather; and automatically insert personal schedule, events, friends' birthday by connecting with Google account, email and Facebook; also you can voice insert shopping list, or it will analyze your activities then pop-up shopping suggestions maybe you need. When you pass the store on your shopping list, it will do pop-up. It's your personal butler who manage everything for you and care about you.
The Butler app has only three functions, each function has one page, slide screen to switch between the pages. This app doesn't need to set too much, it's a smart assistant. Even though users want to set schedule or shopping list, they can do voice insert. In addition, for more fun, it will have a character butler, looks like the app is a real butler, he/she has personality and care about you. The app will based on Android system because it will do pop-up remind and has style. The controlling will use gesture mostly, it's easier to use and more fun than tap control.
Target Audience:
1. Age: 15-28
2. People who is lazy at reminder setting.
3. People who think the reminder list is boring.
Statement of interest
I'm a lazy person, I hate the reminders have to type and set reminding time. If I’m good at schedule manage, why I need a reminder? And I also hate the reminders' interface, bunch of lists, look very boring. I have no interested in using or setting the reminders at most of time. So I was wondering, can I do a really smart and intellective reminder, give up the list form, let it looks more fun and easy to use. It can be an assistant which remind about my life, like weather, remind me to go out with umbrella or jacket if it's rainy or windy. It can insert my schedule by some other accounts, then I don't need to set or type any schedule or event. It’s my personal assistant or butler, he/she know all schedules of me, I don’t need to tell him/her what to do. It should be a fun and cool application, then I have interest to use it.
Moodboard
Market Research
Target Audience
My target audience will be the 15 to 28 years old, male and female, who needs a reminder but lazy in settings, does't like too formal and boring checklist reminder. People who interested in fun, brand new and cool stuffs will be my target audience.
Personas
These personas are collected based on my target audience. They are the representation of people who needs reminder but don't like the formal reminders and lazy in settings. They need an app which is smart and intelligent to remind, and a fun and cool interface. They can get the more of information in one day they need, such as weather, schedule, shopping list, but no need to set up these.
personas are based on real people but I changed their names and photos.
Tianzi Yuan (Lena)
Academy of Art University
Web Design & New Media (graduate)
Table of Contents
Hi, my name is Tianzi Yuan (Lena), I'm from Canton, China. I came to US at 2012. I've been switch to UI/UX design filed since 2013 and my previous background is Landscape Architecture. Even though I learn web & app design not a long time, I love it much more than Landscape Architecture. It's more interesting, creative and developing. I'm interning as a UI/UX designer at a mobile app company.
I love clean, modern and flat design. I'd love to browse new and beautiful designs at pinterest.com every day. I get a lot ideas and styles from it. I also like front-end programming. I think everything in this field is so interesting and attractant.
Wordle
20 Questions
1. How do you think of UI & UX design?2. Which do you think comes first to attract users?
3. How do you think the connecting between marketing, UI design, UX design and programming?
4. How do you think of the video "croning a day make of glasses"?
5. Can a designer also do programming?
6. How do you create your design?
7. What's Cloud Computing?
8. Which of Goole's products get most users?
9. Is there any websites to find reference of UX design? Such as pinterest.com for UI design.
10. How do you fix or improve your UX design?
11. Why UI and UX design always connect together?
12. There is thousands of fonts, how can a designer find a good fonts?
13. Do you usually use the fonts you are familiar with?
14. Is there any color matching guideline?
15. How do you design colors at your project?
16. Why every browsers has some display differences, how can a programmer face to that?
17. Do you think all of our personal information and data will compose to one card or app in the future? Do you look forward or scare it?
18. Where do you get the newest high-tech information?
19. Have you ever bought credits or points online? Do you think that's kind of make money without permission ?
20. Which app do you use most and which do you think has the best interface and design?
My Favorite TEDs
Thesis Ideas
Creative brief
Today, a fun and intellective assistant app, it has three functions, first it will remind about bad weather; and automatically insert personal schedule, events, friends' birthday by connecting with Google account, email and Facebook; also you can voice insert shopping list, or it will analyze your activities then pop-up shopping suggestions maybe you need. When you pass the store on your shopping list, it will do pop-up. It's your personal butler who manage everything for you and care about you.
The Butler app has only three functions, each function has one page, slide screen to switch between the pages. This app doesn't need to set too much, it's a smart assistant. Even though users want to set schedule or shopping list, they can do voice insert. In addition, for more fun, it will have a character butler, looks like the app is a real butler, he/she has personality and care about you. The app will based on Android system because it will do pop-up remind and has style. The controlling will use gesture mostly, it's easier to use and more fun than tap control.
Target Audience:
1. Age: 15-28
2. People who is lazy at reminder setting.
3. People who think the reminder list is boring.
Statement of interest
I'm a lazy person, I hate the reminders have to type and set reminding time. If I’m good at schedule manage, why I need a reminder? And I also hate the reminders' interface, bunch of lists, look very boring. I have no interested in using or setting the reminders at most of time. So I was wondering, can I do a really smart and intellective reminder, give up the list form, let it looks more fun and easy to use. It can be an assistant which remind about my life, like weather, remind me to go out with umbrella or jacket if it's rainy or windy. It can insert my schedule by some other accounts, then I don't need to set or type any schedule or event. It’s my personal assistant or butler, he/she know all schedules of me, I don’t need to tell him/her what to do. It should be a fun and cool application, then I have interest to use it.
Moodboard
Market Research
Target Audience
My target audience will be the 15 to 28 years old, male and female, who needs a reminder but lazy in settings, does't like too formal and boring checklist reminder. People who interested in fun, brand new and cool stuffs will be my target audience.
Personas
These personas are collected based on my target audience. They are the representation of people who needs reminder but don't like the formal reminders and lazy in settings. They need an app which is smart and intelligent to remind, and a fun and cool interface. They can get the more of information in one day they need, such as weather, schedule, shopping list, but no need to set up these.
personas are based on real people but I changed their names and photos.
Competitive Analysis
Conclusion
Logo Proposal
Book Covers
Wireframe
Book
Keynote
Proof Of Concept